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A Multi-Site Intervention Using Influencers to Communicate about Syringe Service Programmes
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Bonnevie, Erika; Silesky, Melissa Dunn; Goldbarg, Jaclyn; Gudmundsen, Caitlyn; Fields, Megan; Smyser, Joe – Health Education Journal, 2023
Introduction: In the USA, syringe services programmes (SSPs) provide a range of harm reduction services and have numerous benefits for communities. However, stigma, misconceptions about SSPs and changing policies/legislation remain a challenge to effective implementation. This study reviews the implementation of two digital interventions,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Social Media, Influences, Information Dissemination
Successful Strategies for Educating Hard-to-Reach Populations: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts' Train-the-Trainer Project Using the "Helping You Take Care of Yourself" Curriculum
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Besculides, Melanie; Trebino, Lisa; Nelson, Heather – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of providing education on breast, cervical and cardiovascular health to hard-to-reach women throughout Massachusetts using an innovative derivation of the "train-the-trainer" approach. Innovation included use of contracts with community-based organizations (CBOs) that required data collection in…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Females, Focus Groups
Shape Up Somerville: District Tackles Childhood Obesity
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Cluggish, Sarah; Kinder, Gretchen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Walking today through Somerville, Massachusetts' Winter-Hill Community School during school hours differs markedly compared with just a few years ago. Gone are the greasy potato chips and chocolate-chip cookies from the a la carte offerings in the cafeteria. Missing are the late morning fundraisers when children would fill up on cupcakes and other…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, Nutrition, Child Health
Shape up Somerville: A District Tackles Childhood Obesity
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Cluggish, Sarah; Kinder, Gretchen – School Administrator, 2008
Walking today through Somerville, Massachusetts's Winter Hill Community School during school hours differs markedly compared to just a few years ago. Gone are the greasy potato chips and chocolate-chip cookies from the a la carte offerings in the cafeteria. Missing are the late morning fundraisers when children would fill up on cupcakes and other…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, Nutrition, Child Health
Extra-team Connections for Knowledge Transfer between Staff Teams
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Ramanadhan, Shoba; Wiecha, Jean L.; Emmons, Karen M.; Gortmaker, Steven L.; Viswanath, Kasisomayajula – Health Education Research, 2009
As organizations implement novel health promotion programs across multiple sites, they face great challenges related to knowledge management. Staff social networks may be a useful medium for transferring program-related knowledge in multi-site implementation efforts. To study this potential, we focused on the role of extra-team connections (ties…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Health Promotion, Social Networks, Communication Strategies
School-Based Promotion of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Multiculturally Diverse, Urban Schools
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Blom-Hoffman, Jessica – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
Rates of childhood overweight have reached epidemic proportions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001), and schools have been called on to play a role in the prevention of this medical condition. This article describes a multiyear health promotion effort--the Athletes in Service fruit and vegetable (F&V) promotion program--which…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Health Promotion, Kindergarten, Grade 3